Wellsville Tigers Goes to 5 & 0

Saturday - December 18: With speed, aggressive board play and some nifty ball handling the Wellsville Tigers wind up the night with a win against the Potters of East Liverpool. The Tigers won the game with a final score of 65 - 51 but the Potters didn't go down easy.

Going into the locker room at the half the Potters were trailing the Wellsville squad 40 -25. They came out with the roar in the 3rd period out scoring the Bengals 20 - 8 in that quarter. With 49 seconds left in the 3rd the Potters were leading 45 -44. The Tigers quickly came back but once again gave us a scare in the third frame.

DeShon Pullie took game high honors with 22 points which included three treys. Jalen DeSarro scored another double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds. Nunzio Lombardozzi had two treys and finished the night with 10 points. The Potter defense was all over Mike Johnston holding the Junior to only four points, all from the foul line. Jeremy Carter was also closely guarded and was restricted to two field goals and an additional three points from the charity stripe.

Once again we were impressed with the jumping ability of this team. Of the starting five the tallest player is 6'2". We have been told there are three that can dunk the ball. We haven't seen it yet but have no trouble believing it with what we've seen.

The Reserves lost a close one by a score of 40 - 38. It was back and forth in the 4th period with the Potter Reserves scoring the last basket in that game.

This game was the last for Athletic Trainer Maria McNicol. With Mrs. McNicol now a gym teacher her duties will be taken over by Lauren Flood. Starting in 1994 McNicol first worked both at Oak Glen and Wellsville. Even though she'll get to spend more evenings with her daughters and husband Tim, Maria told us she was saddened that this portion of her career was coming to an end. We intended to get some extra pictures of her in action but fortunately she wasn't called out of the stands for any injuries. We would like to wish Mrs. McNicol the best.

The Tigers return to action tomorrow night traveling to Toronto to take on the Red Knights. Does anybody know if they are playing in the East Liverpool Holiday Classic this year? We keep forgetting to ask. Once again we split up the collages between the Reserves & the Varsity.

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